Bahamas spends $4m over climate change

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The Tribune

Chester Robards
Business Reporter
crobards@tribunemedia.net

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THE BAHAMAS has thus far spent more than $4 million on learning about climate change and how to combat its effects, which could drive the cost of living through the roof in the future, the director of the Bahamas Environmental, Science and Technology (BEST) Commission said yesterday.

Philip Weech said the Government has received much of this money for major climate change studies and alternative energy reviews from entities such

Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change Project: Carribean Community

  • Project details

  • Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (CCCCC), Caribbean Community (CARICOM), World Bank, Government of Canada, Global Environment Facility, Government of United States
    Summary:

    ###### Background

    The objective of the Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change Project (MACC), is to facilitate an enabling environment for climate change adaptation in the Caribbean Community small islands, and coastal developing states participating in this effort.

    Project Components:

    * Component 1) Build Capacity to Assess Vulnerability and Risk Associated with Climate Change; build regional capacity to collect and analyze data, and expand the overall knowledge base on climate change impacts and associated physical, social and economic vulnerabilities.

    * Component 2) Build Capacity to Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Change; build in-country capacity to formulate and analyze adaptation policy options, and finalize sectoral adaptation strategies whcih will be prepared for all participating countries.

    * Component 3) Build Capacity to Effectively Access and Utilize resources to Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Change.

    * Component 4) Public Education and Outreach; support a public education and outreach program geared towards improving decision-making, encouraging policy changes where required, strengthening information access and data resources for key stakeholders, disseminating project-generating data and information, and fostering public awareness about the potential impacts climate change.

    * Component 5) Project Management; provide support to CARICOM and timely execution of the project, including project administration as well as planning, monitoring, and evaluating project activities over the duration of the project.

    Expected Outputs:

    Build capacity to Assess Vulnerability and Risks Associated with Climate Change, Build Capacity to Reduce Vulnerability to climate Change, Build Capacity to Effectively Access and Utilize Resources to Reduce Vulnerability to Climate Change, Public Education and Outcome, Project Management.

    Contacts:

    Contact Person: Chris Neal
    Telephone: 202-473-7729
    Fax: 522-3698
    Email: cneal1@worldbank.org

    Project Status:
    closed
    Primary Beneficiaries:
    n/a
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF Trust Fund
    Financing Amount:
    5,000,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    10,950,000
    Total Amounts:
    10,950,000